Georges Edouard (Abbé) Lemaître
1894-1966
Belgian mathematical physicist who formulated an early version of the "big bang" theory in which the universe was conceived to have ev...
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The Belgian astronomer Abbé Georges Édouard Lemaître (1894-1966) originated what came to be called the "big bang" theory of cosmogony.Georges Lemaître was born in Charleroi o...
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Abbé Georges Lemaître was a man of varied talents. Born on July 17, 1894, in Charleroi, he attended the University of Louvain and studied civil engineering. He became an artillery officer...
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Abbé Georges Lemaître was a man of varied talents. Born on July 17, 1894, in Charleroi, he attended the University of Louvain and studied civil engineering. He became an artillery officer...
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